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Challenges and Solutions during the Great Depression: The New Deal Era

Explore the 3 major challenges faced by Americans during the Great Depression and how President Roosevelt's New Deal initiatives helped address them. Learn about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), New Schools, and the impact of Louisiana Senator Huey Long's "Share-Our-Wealth" program. Discover the economic changes and governmental interventions that shaped America in the 1930s.

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Challenges and Solutions during the Great Depression: The New Deal Era

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  1. Bell Ringer #1 – 11/15/10 List 3 challenges faced by Americans during the Great Depression.

  2. The New Deal • New Deal – Roosevelt’s plan to help the needy through economic change • Roosevelt pushed Congress to pass 21st Amendment (ended prohibition) in 1933 to raise government money by taxing alcohol

  3. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) • Put men aged 18-25 to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping with flood-control projects • Paid $30/month and $25 was automatically sent home to worker’s family. Free food and uniforms and lodging in work camps • Helped 3 million young men by 1942

  4. Men of the CCC wait to be fitted for shoes in 1935 http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/fdr-a-voice-of-hope#fdr-a-voice-of-hope

  5. New Schools – 1930’s • The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) provided $$ to create jobs in the construction of schools and community buildings • 40,000 new schools were constructed

  6. Huey Long – Louisiana senator who opposed the “New Deal” Started a program known as “Share-Our-Wealth” Believed Roosevelt needed to do more Long was assassinated by a lone gunman just as he became popular

  7. Homework • Read Ch 15, Sn 1 (pgs 488-494) • Answer questions 1,2 & 3 on page 494 • Due Wednesday

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